How to apply for NSSF Benefits and Grants.

This section will help you find information on benefits and grants that you may be eligible for as a member (or relative of a deceased member) of NSSF. It will also provide you with the information you need on how to apply for the benefits and grants to which you are entitled.

Anyone wishing to apply for benefits/grants should first carefully review the information provided regarding eligibility criteria and application requirements for the benefit/grant for which he/she is applying.

Thereafter, the member/claimant should complete the relevant application form and submit it (in person) to his/her nearest branch office. Applications forms are available online and in all our branch offices.

Age/Retirement Benefit

Eligibility: Members are eligible for this benefit when they reach the age of 55 years, or when they ultimately retire from regular paid employment.

How to apply: Visit your nearest NSSF office with:

A certified copy of your retirement letter OR certificate of service OR termination letter

Your NSSF Card and

Your National Identity Card.

You will be advised thereafter on the steps you will follow to complete your benefit application.

Withdrawal Benefit

Eligibility: Members are eligible for this benefit if they are at least 50 years of age and they have retired from regular paid employment. A member would opt to apply for this benefit (over the age/retirement benefit) if they retire before attaining 55 years of age.

How to apply: Visit your nearest NSSF office with:

A certified copy of your retirement letter OR certificate of service OR termination letter

Your NSSF Card and

Your National Identity Card.

You will be advised thereafter on the steps you will follow to complete your benefit application.

Survivors Benefit

This benefit is paid to: This benefit is payable to the survivor(s)/dependant(s) relative(s) of a deceased member. The dependant relatives qualify for this benefit in the following order:

The husband/wife of the deceased member.

All children irrespective of age or gender (if the husband/wife of the deceased member is also deceased, or if the deceased member was a single parent).

The parents of the deceased (if the deceased member was not married and had no children)

Sisters/brothers of the deceased (if the deceased was single, had no children, and both parents are deceased)

The guardian to the children of the deceased member (where both the parents are deceased and all the deceased members’ children are minors)

An applicant who has letters of administration (where all dependants are exhausted)